Dot`s Interstate 595 Model Gets Rave Review

October 9, 1988|By ANDREW MARTIN, Staff Writer

The 30-foot, 3-D model of Interstate 595 has been updated to reflect the Davie Boulevard-Interstate 95 interchange. The model is on display at the highway`s Community Involvement office, 3320 SW 13th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, and can be viewed during business hours.

The model so intrigued Bob Gorodess, president of the Lauderdale Oaks Men`s Club, that he organized a bus tour of the construction site, with Mike Sherman of the I-595 office along as tour guide.

After the trip, Gorodess had nothing but kudos for Florida`s largest road project.

``It was fantastic,`` he said. ``Unless you take the trip, you`ll never know what`s out there.``

I-595 officials said they are willing to act as tour guides, if you supply bus and driver.

-- Starting on Monday, work will begin to widen Atlantic Boulevard between Interstate 95 and Cypress Road in Pompano Beach. The $4.85 million project will widen Atlantic from four to six lanes for .8 of a mile. A 1,450-foot drainage pipe will be installed on the south side of the project starting in January. No immediate traffic disruptions are expected on Atlantic or on Dixie Highway. Construction is expected to last 14 months.

-- Motorists driving through the Pine Island Road/State Road 84 intersection can expect some lane closures on Monday and Tuesday while crews apply a final surface of asphalt to I-595. The work will be under way from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on both days. The 2.25-mile segment of I-595 between Hiatus Road and University Drive, which is part of the resurfacing, is expected to open in early December. The $22.8 million project will connect with the western section of I-595, which opened in May, and will give motorists a continuous, 5.5-mile stretch of I-595 from I-75 to Pine Island Road.

-- Construction continues this week on a 1.2 mile segment of Flamingo Road between Pembroke Road and Johnson Street in Pembroke Pines, which is being widened from two to six lanes. The intersection of Flamingo Road and Pines Boulevard also is being improved by adding a right-turn lanes and dual left turn lanes in all directions. The $2.7 million project is expected to be completed in 10 months.